Summary: Nick is struggling to make it day by day. Justin is trying to survive stardom. They both live two very different lives, but when they meet on a cold winters night a friendship begins. Will there be more then friendship? Do opposites really attract?

Paring: Justin/Nick (TimberNick)

Rating: PG-13 and Up

Warning: This is slash, meaning there will be male/male sexual relations mentioned in the story. Also, this story should also get a HET warning for those of you that don't like HET content. There are other couples in this story other then Justin and Nick and a few of them happen to be male/female couples. If you don't want to read chapters with explicit HET content then go ahead and scroll down to read the EDITED chapters.

Authors Note: I am really grateful to have a great friend writing this story with me. How we have it worked out is that I write whatever Nick says, and my good friend Kris writes all of Justin's lines. If this is confusing, or if you have any questions about the format feel free to e-mail me and I'll try and help clear anything up.

Status: Incomplete

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Nick had ended up falling back to sleep and the next time he opened his eyes and glanced at the clock he realized it was almost nine-thirty. "Whoa," he whispered as he started to rub Justin's back to hopefully wake him up.

Justin groaned before he opened his eyes. He looked back up into blue ones and gave him a questioning look.

"It's nine-thirty," Nick said before he let out a long yawn.

"Oh," Justin sighed as he rubbed at his eyes and pushed himself off of Nick so that he was straddling Nick's thighs. "Okay... I'm up..."

Nick reached his hands out and rested them on Justin's thighs as he was being straddled. He loved seeing Justin sitting on him like this.

Justin shivered a little as he looked down at Nick. "So... I'm up... you're up... it's nine thirty... now what?"

"We finish packing stuff...then go get something to eat before I take you on a tour?" Nick suggested as he continued to run his hands up and down Justin's thighs.

"We have last night's dinner," Justin said remembering the food they brought back home.

"Okay then we'll eat then finish packing." Nick giggled.

Justin laughed. "Alright, I'll go get the stuff... you got a microwave?" He questioned.

Nick nodded his head as he sat up with a little effort since Justin was still sitting on his lap. "Yeah I do."

"Okay," Justin said getting up off of Nick and standing up. He held his hand out for Nick to take.

Nick took Justin's hand and walked with him out of the room. "I'm gonna use the bathroom," he said as he let go of Justin's hand and walked into the bathroom while Justin walked into the main part of the apartment.

Justin grabbed the bags of food and looked through it, smiling when it looked like nothing was spoiled. He wandered into the kitchen and found the microwave. He ignored the full sink and whatever was growing in it as he placed the food in the microwave and began to heat it up.

Nick came out of the bathroom a few minutes later and padded his way into the kitchen. "Did it go bad?" he asked, referring to the food.

"No, the foods good," Justin replied and watched the numbers on the microwave count down.

Nick walked in behind Justin, wrapping his arms around his waist and pressing the front of his body into the back of Justin's.

Justin smiled as he leaned back into Nick's hold. "Everything okay?"

"Yup," Nick said as he kissed the back of Justin's neck. "I just wanted to hold you...is that okay?"

"Yeah," Justin said and opened the microwave when it dinged. "Oo..hot hot.." he whimpered, pulling his hand away. "HOT!" He brought his fingers to his mouth and sucked on a few.

Nick couldn't help but giggle a little. "I forgot to mention that it kinda makes things REALLY hot," he said as he took Justin's finger and put it in his mouth instead.

Justin's eyes fluttered shut as Nick sucked on his fingers. He then opened his eyes and watched his fingers disappear into the mouth, it wasn't about reducing the pain anymore as Nick seductively looked at him. "Yeah... you did," he breathed out.

"Sorry baby," Nick said as he sucked on Justin's finger a little more, letting his tongue swirl around it as if it was another part of Justin's body before he let it go.

"Huh?" Justin asked, his mind elsewhere. He didn't know what Nick was apologizing for.

Nick giggled a little. "Sorry for not telling you about the microwave," he said as he reached around Justin purposely pushing his body into his again as he pulled the now cooler containers out of the microwave.

Justin playfully licked at Nick's neck when he had leaned over to get the food before patting his ass and moving out of the way. "Sure you are," he said.

"I am!" Nick laughed as he wiggled a little trying to get the feeling of Justin's hand on his ass away. That was just pure torture even if it only lasted a second.

"Whatever," Justin said, purposely squeezing Nick's butt before opening the fridge and then closing it again. There was nothing really inside and the stuff that was there… well, let’s just say he didn't want to know what that grayish green stuff on the bottom was. HE then remembered spotting a big bottle of coca cola inside. Opening the fridge again he grabbed the bottle and closed the door.

Nick laughed at Justin, "You are very daring oh boyfriend of mine," he giggled. "But that should be okay...if anything just kinda flat."

"Eh, something to drink," Justin shrugged as he nodded at the containers in Nick's hand.

"True," Nick said as he carried the containers into the living room and sat them on the coffee table before sitting down on the couch.

Justin grabbed the forks out of the plastic bag and handed one to Nick before he grabbed his container and opened it. Moving it away from his face a little at the steam that came out.

"Hey at least it works," Nick giggled when he saw the steam come out of Justin's container.

"Yeah." Justin agreed before digging into his dinner for breakfast.

Nick reached over and rested his hand on Justin's thigh as he ate with the other hand. He didn’t know why but he couldn't seem to keep his hands off of Justin this morning.

They made small talk until they were done with their food. Once everything was put away they walked into the bedroom and went about packing the remainder of Nick's things.

"I think I'm going to have to go down and talk to my landlord, ask him what happened to the desk," Nick said thinking he would be he one that knew.

"Okay, let's get changed first," Justin said not planning on letting Nick go down there alone.

Nick nodded his head as he walked to his bags that he had brought with him and shuffled through it to find jeans, a long sleeved t-shirt and a hoodie.

Justin went through his own bag and grabbed similar things that Nick had except his also grabbed thermals to wear under his jeans.

Nick went about changing and glanced at Justin when Justin was just standing there in his long sleeved t-shirt and his thermals. He couldn’t help the low groan that escaped his lips. Those thermals left NOTHING to the imagination.

Justin looked up when he heard Nick groan. He smiled to himself before pulling up his jeans and then his hoodie. "I'm ready..."

"Yeah...me too." Nick said in a voice that was much huskier than normal as he turned around to pick up his dirty clothes. He used that time to adjust himself.

Justin placed his clothes back into his duffle bag. "Okay, let's go."

Nick had to shove his hands in his pockets so he wouldn't take Justin's hand as they walked out of the apartment and down the hall to the stairs.

"He's on the first floor?" Justin asked as he walked down the stairs.

"Yeah," Nick said as they walked down the three flights of stairs and then over to a door that looked like all the rest of the doors in the hallway except it said manager on it. Taking a deep breath Nick knocked on the door.

A rather normal looking middle aged man opened the door and looked shocked to see Nick standing there. "Nick...I hadn't ever expected to see you again."

Nick laughed, "I was still paying rent so I did have to come back and get my stuff," he said.

Justin stood behind Nick, his hood pulled over his head, as he listened and watched Nick and the landlord discuss things.

"What's with the Jedi?" The landlord said looking over at Justin.

Nick tried not to laugh at what he said. "He's got a cold, not used to the weather."

"Ahh I see...so you leaving now?" The man asked.

Nick nodded his head, "Yes, I'm taking what I need to take and having the Salvation Army com for the rest of it."

The land lord nodded. "Okay good..."

"I was actually wondering about a desk...I had it sent here about a month and a half ago..."

"Ohh that desk, the one that looked real old?" The man asked not answering where it was.

Justin looked at the landlord, catching something in his tone of voice but couldn't figure out what it was. He then coughed a little to go along with what Nick made up.

"Yeah that's the one," Nick answered.

The land lord was quiet for a second. "I think Anne put it in her apartment to keep it safe for you." He said talking about the woman who had come in and fed Benny while Nick had been gone and he hadn't been home with him.

"Oh cool thank you," Nick said with a smile as he backed away from the door. "I'll bring you the keys when I'm leaving." With that Nick turned around and walked back down the hall, hoping Justin was following.

Justin gave one last look at the landlord before quickly following after Nick. "Who's Anne?" He asked

"She's the old woman who was taking care of Benny for me before Aaron brought him." NIck explained as they turned a corner and walked farther into the first floor.

"Oh, okay," Justin said and stopped when Nick stopped at the second door towards the end of the hall. He leaned against the wall and watched as Nick knocked on the door.

Anne opened the door a second later and smiled big. "Nickolas...it's so good to see you!" she said opening the door for them to come in. "Come in...come in."

Nick glanced at Justin and shrugged his shoulders as they walked into the apartment. It was about the same size as Nick's but a lot neater and definitely looked like an older woman owned it with afghans and things all over the furniture.

"Thank you ma'am," Justin said removing the hood off his head, smiling politely. He walked into the apartment and sniffed the air. It smelled very sweet.

"Would you boys like a cookie?" Anne asked as she walked slowly into the kitchen and held up a plate of what looked to be freshly made chocolate chip cookies.

Nick smirked at Justin, "I dunno if you should let Justin have any he might eat all of them." he teased his boyfriend. He knew Anne, even if she knew who Justin was, would never tell a soul.

Justin rolled his eyes. "I did that once this past Christmas," he told Anne. "And he won't let me live it down."

Anne laughed as she set the plate of cookies down on the counter so the boys could take what they like. "I'm so glad you came back Nickolas, I've missed having you around."

Nick smiled sweetly at the old woman. "I've missed you too Anne, oh and thank you so much for taking care of Benny until Aaron could come and get him."

Justin reached over and grabbed one of the warm cookies before taking a bite out of it. "Mmm," he said, chewing. "These are really good.” He quickly finished off this cookie and took another one.

"Ut oh here he goes again," Nick giggled smiling at Justin.

Anne smiled seeing the way Nick looked at Justin and automatically knew what was going on. She was glad to see that Nick finally had somebody that made him happy and from the looks of it safe too.

Justin just stuck his tongue out at Nick before handing him a cookie to eat.

"Thanks baby," Nick said with a smile and a pointed look that said 'we're safe be yourself'.

Justin nodded his head with a smile. He looked over at Anne. "You've got a really nice place here."

"Why thank you...Justin was it," Anne said thinking she remembered Nick saying that was the young man's name.

Justin quickly wiped his hands on his thighs. "I'm sorry, how rude of me," he said holding his hand out to shake hers. "I'm Justin." He laughed.

Anne smiled again and shook the young man's hand before pulling him into a hug. "It's nice to meet you Justin, thank you for taking care of Nickolas," she whispered in his ear. Anne has been like a grandmother to Nick, the only person he had to talk to when things were really bad. She was grateful that somebody had come along to take her place because she knew she wouldn’t be around for long.

Justin was a bit taken back by the hug but he got over it quickly and hugged her back. "Don't even mention it ma'am," he whispered back. "It's my pleasure." He pulled back from the hug and smiled warmly at her.

"Don't call me ma'am, I’m Anne," she said as she pulled back and then went into the living room. "I expect you boys are here to get this?" She asked walking over to the desk.

Nick looked at it in awe, he had almost forgotten what it looked like.

Justin walked over to the desk and nodded his head. "Yup, this is the one," he said still not understanding just what fascinated Nick so much.

"Thank you for keeping it safe for me," Nick said to Anne with a smile. He then looked at Justin. "Are we having it shipped to LA?"

"We sure can't carry it back with us," Justin chuckled shaking his head. "So, yeah... gotta ship it."

Nick rolled his eyes and playfully hit Justin's shoulder. "I know THAT...just wasn't sure how we were going about doing that."

"LA you say?" Anne said overhearing them talking. "You're one lucky boy Nickolas."

Nick smiled, "Yeah I Know."

"Um, what's the number for the packing people place...?" Justin questioned... forgetting their name.

Nick held his hands out with a 'I dunno' look on his face.

Justin rubbed a hand over his head trying to think of the name. It was a very simple name.. "UPS... that's it!" He looked over at Anne..."Do you by chance have the... uh,... yellow book or their number by chance?"

"I do," Anne said as she walked to a table that had her phone on it and then pulled out the yellow pages. "There you go."

"Thanks ma'a... Anne," Justin said with a smile as he took a seat on the desk and flipped through the pages until he found the number. Taking his cell phone out he called them and talked for a little bit. By the time he was done he sighed and put his cell away. "They said they couldn't do it today but they can tomorrow afternoon," he informed them.

"It's okay...I mean I bet Anne will be around to let them in. Even if we have to be home already." Nick said.

Anne nodded her head as she watched Nick and Justin with interest, so they already lived together...some place in LA...interesting.

Justin nodded his head and scribbled his address down except had Nick's name above it on a piece of paper he found and his contact information, handing it over to Anne. "That's the information the guy on the phone told me to give the UPS pick up guys."

"Okay," Anne said as she walked over to a bulletin board and pinned the information there so she wouldn't lose it.

Nick walked over and took another one of the cookies. "I hate to do this Anne but I promised Justin I would show him around town and we have to fly out tomorrow."

Justin watched Nick and Anne interact and could tell how much they meant together and he felt bad that Nick would be leaving her behind. He then thought of something and smiled. "But we'll be back tonight and we could have dinner, any place you would like."

Nick turned to Justin then back to Anne and smiled. "Yeah, we'll come by and pick you up," he said knowing the woman never got out anymore.

Anne looked like she almost had tears in her eye as she opened the door for them. "Okay have a fun time boys, see you later."

"See you tonight ma'am," Justin said walking past her and out the door, following behind Nick.

"Isn't she just the sweetest little thing?" Nick said with a smile as they headed back down the hall.

"Yeah," Justin said looking back before looking over at Nick. "She makes some delicious cookies to top it off too.” He chuckled.

"I'm glad I got you away from those cookies or you will not be a happy camper later." Nick giggled patting Justin's firm stomach.

Justin rolled his eyes before quickly walking out into the parking lot, to where their car was. He got in behind the wheel and turned the engine on, letting it warm up before he pulled out of the parking lot. "So, which way we going?"

"That way," Nick said pointing to the left. "We actually want to go on the freeway and take the same exit as last night."

"Alright," Justin said and followed Nick's directions. He turned the radio on and sighed when Britney's song was playing, he then changed the station.

Nick giggled a little, "It's weird for me now to think you actually dated her."

"Yeah," Justin agreed. "It's weird seeing her all over the place too, can't get away from it all. It sucks."

"I bet," Nick said with a nod of his head and then went about singing the song that was now on the radio

"Okay, now where?" Justin asked a few minutes later as he took the exit off the highway.

"Turn left at the McDonalds." Nick said pointing ahead.

Justin did just that and continued to drive for a few more minutes, looking around to see the big houses on both sides of the street.

After driving past the houses for a few minutes a larger building appeared. "That was my high school," he said pointing at the somewhat old brick building.

Justin slowed down and looked over at the building. "Kinda small," he said taking in its size and appearance.

"Yeah it's a private school," Nick said knowing he had never told Justin he had gone to private school.

Justin looked at Nick and raised a brow. "Oh, that explains the 'St.' in the name.” He chuckled referring to the sign he saw, 'St. Johns.'

Nick laughed, "Yeah." He then watched as they continued to drive on. "Turn right at the stop sign."

Justin turned right at the stop sign and continued to drive down the block. He saw the playground of the high school and said, "I wonder what they do with all the tuition money," he said taking in its appearance.

"I don't know," Nick laughed and then told Justin to turn right again at the next stop sign.

A few minutes later Justin stopped when Nick told him to and they both looked at the big house to their right.

"My house," Nick said looking at the decent sized white house with blue trim.

"Nice," Justin said. "Anyone home?" He questioned and then realized that all of Nick's family was back in LA. "Dumb question, never mind that."

"The only person I would think could possibly is my youngest sister Angel, but I doubt mom and dad would let her stay home alone." Nick said still looking at the house.

"You have a sister?" Justin questioned, trying to remember if Nick ever mentioned that.

Nick laughed, "Yes I have four of them actually. I told you that."

"Wow," Justin said shaking his head. "Sorry, forgot about that. It's just that you always talk about Aaron... So, if she's not here then where is she?"

"I don't really know," Nick said with a sigh. "The reason I've only talked about Aaron a lot is because he is the only one that still wanted to be related to me after it all happened."

"Oh," Justin said and went quiet. He couldn’t believe all his sisters wanted to not be related to Nick.

"There is one more place I wanna go," Nick said as he looked away from the house.

"Okay," Justin said putting the car back in drive. "And where's that?"

"Just keep going straight I'll tell you when to turn," Nick said seeming a little distant all of a sudden

Justin frowned at Nick's response. With a sigh he kept driving, occasionally looking at the people walking about as well as the houses they were passing.

About twenty minutes later with Nick instructing Justin were to go they pulled up to a smaller yet still nice house in a good neighbor hood. "You wana go with me...or stay here?" he asked. "This is my grand parents house."

Justin thought about it. If Nick wanted some quality time with the grandparents then he would stay in the car. "It's up to," he said. "I can wait here if you want some time with them."

Nick swallowed hard and turned to look at Justin. "I don't really want to go in by myself."

"Okay," Justin said as he turned the car off and got out of the car. He then met Nick at the passenger side before following him quickly up the front steps.

Nick took a deep breath and rang the doorbell. He knew somebody was home because the car was in the driveway.

Karen walked over to the door and looked through the peephole, surprise and happiness filling her. Quickly she opened the door, smiling wide as she saw her grandson standing there with some guy she vaguely recognized. "Nickolas!" She exclaimed, pulling him into her arms and kissing his cheek. "My goodness, it's been ages, darling."

Nick smiled as he hugged his grandmother back. "Sorry gramma, never meant for it to be this long between visits."

"I got worried... a little over two months Sweety," Karen pulled back and opened the door wider for the boys to enter. "Come on in..." She closed the door behind them and smiled warmly. "Who's your... friend...?"

"Oh sorry," Nick said with a blush. "This is Justin," he said. "Justin this is my grandmother, Karen Carter."

Justin smiled and shook her hand. "It's nice to meet you Mrs. Carter," he greeted politely.

"You too, Justin... and please call me Karen," she said before ushering them into the living room before walking over to the stairs. "Bill," she called out for her husband. "Your grandson is finally here for a visit."

Bill Carter came out from another room and smiled when he saw Nick. "It's about time!"

Nick laughed, "Hey gramps," he said going to give his grandfather a big hug.

"Have a seat," Karen said motioning for all the men to take a seat on the couch. Just then Angel came walking into the living room. She had been in her room working on homework when she'd heard her grandmother mention that one of her brothers was over. "Nick!?" She questioned, seeing him engulfed in her grandpa's arms.

Nick pulled out of Bill's arms and turned to look at Angel, he hadn't seen her in almost a year. "My God Ange you...wow." This was not the little girl he had last seen, she was becoming a very beautiful woman.

Angel tucked her brown hair behind her ears, smiling shyly at Nick's gaze. "You look good," she said walking over to him and giving him a hug. And he did look better... better from the last time she'd seen him.

Nick hugged her back not able to stop the tears that fell down his cheeks. He had missed her so much. When he pulled back he took a deep breath knowing this was going to be interesting. "Gramps...Angel this is Justin," he said knowing the brown haired girl had been a huge NSYNC fan just like he had.

Bill smiled and shook Justin's hand. "It's good to meet you."

Justin smiled and shook Bill's hand. "You too, Mr. Carter," he said looking at the brunette next to Nick, and took note at her wide eyes. He gave her a smile hoping...

"Oh. My. God." Angel stressed each word when she was able to actually say something.

"Hi Angel," Justin greeted.

"Oh. My. Nick. Oh God. It's Justin..." Angel clutched Nick's hand, tight.

Karen looked confused as she looked at each of them wondering why Angel was acting like that. It was then she got a good look at Justin and it all clicked into place. "Oh."

"Yes, I know it is," Nick giggled at the way his sister was acting. "Are you going to gawk at him or are you going to say hi?"

Angel gawked at Justin the whole time she walked towards him. "Sorry," she said blushing and gasped in surprise when Justin pulled her into a hug.

"It's okay," Justin said with a chuckle.

Nick smirked at the look of 'awe' on his sisters face from being pulled into Justin's strong arms. He knew how great that felt, he loved having those arms around him too. "There you go, that's better."

Bill laughed, "Not every day the girl meets somebody she has posted on her bedroom wall."

"Grandpa!" Angel whined in protest and blushed bright red causing Justin and Karen to laugh at her expense. Justin then grabbed a seat on the couch, Angel sitting right next to him. "So... um... you and my brother?" Angel questioned, not really knowing how to go about asking what she thought they were. Hell, she didn't even know Justin was like that… actually she did but she didn‘t want to believe it. She could feel her dreams being crushed.

Justin looked over at Nick not knowing what he should tell them.

"They already know," Nick explained knowing they knew because of the situation with Aaron. He then moved to sit on the coffee table in front of his sister knowing it had both been a fantasy of theirs to end up with Justin. "Ange look at me," he said softly hoping she wouldn't hate him for this and hopefully just be happy to have Justin...well in the family sort to speak just as is.

Angel bit her lower lip as she looked into her brothers eyes. "Hmm?" She questioned. Karen walked out of the living room to get some snacks out for all of them to eat.

"You're not gunna go about hating me even more now are you?" Nick asked with worry in his eyes. Things were stressed enough between them, he didn’t want something else to come between them too.

Angel thought about it for a second and knew it would be really stupid to let a boy come between them, she followed that same motto with her friends so why shouldn't it apply to her own brother? She did love Nick... he was always there for her when she needed him even if her parents forbade him from getting near them. She shook her head to answer Nick. "Why would I hate you?" She questioned, looking into his worried eyes. "I never hated you Nick." She added softly, sniffling as tears came to her eyes.

Nick couldn't help but to sit down on the other side of Angel and pull her into his arms and hug her tightly again. "Good I'm glad," he whispered looking at Justin over her head as he held her tightly to him.

Justin gave Nick a smile as he watched Angel cling onto Nick. Angel pulled back a few moments later and giggled. "How's Aaron?" She questioned wanting to know what happened in LA. "And.. oh god... did mom and dad do anything to you?"

Nick sighed, "Aaron's doing better, but I'm not allowed to see him anymore..." he said knowing Angel would get mad at him if he knew what he had done. Even though it had been their dad, he had promised Angel and Aaron he would control his anger, a problem he had, had since he was a kid...something he hadn't exactly told Justin about.

Angel frowned. "Why can't you see him anymore?" She questioned knowing enough to know that even if Bob and Jane had forbidden Nick from seeing Aaron that if Aaron wanted to see Nick then Nick could definitely see him.

"I kinda got kicked out of the hospital..." Nick said with a sigh knowing NOBODY had been pleased about that definitely not Justin when he had told him over the phone a few weeks ago.

"YOU got kicked out of the hospital?" Angel squeaked out. "Nick..." She then shut up. "Was this before mom and dad showed up or... during?" She asked, figuring things out in her head. Justin sat back in his seat watching Angel wondering what was with the questions.

"During," Nick answered not saying much more.

"Oh Nick," Angel sighed before pulling him into a hug. "You promised!"

"I...I couldn't help it," Nick whispered thinking about all the things that Bob had said about Justin, plus it was partly in self defense the guy had beat HIM up too.

Justin bit his lower lip to keep from asking 'what promise?' If anything, he was feeling very clued out of the picture. Angel let it drop because it wouldn't do any good to argue about it now after everything was done. "Well, just don't let them get to you, okay? We need you around... I'm KNOW he needs you around!"

"How long are you in town for?" Bill asked from where he was sitting in 'his chair' across from the guys and Angel.

"We have a flight to catch at nine tomorrow morning." Nick said as he let go of Angel a little.

"And you decided to visit us the day before you leave?" Karen questioned walking in with a plate full of finger foods. She shook her head at Nick, "Can't you stay longer?"

"We just got in last night at nine, so it's a short trip this time." Nick explained with a sigh. "We have to get back cuz Justin is needed in Toronto and I have to get back to work." he said still feeling really down about that whole aspect but he tried to not let it show.

"Oh yeah... " Angel said turning around to face Justin. "You've filming your movie." She bounced excitedly in her seat. "This is soo aweomse!" Justin couldn't help but laugh at her excitement. "Yea, filming starts by the end of this week... so we need to get back to LA soon."

Karen nodded her head. "Will you promise to call us now and then?" She questioned, sitting on the arm of the couch, looking at the two men seated on it.

Nick smiled and blushed feeling bad he hadn’t called before. "Of course...I'll make it a point to at least call once a week."

"You better," Bill said in a voice that said he meant business.

"Me too," Angel said. "Don't forget about me!"

Justin smiled warmly at her. "We won't," he said.

"You're here so calling here would get us to you." Nick pointed out with a giggle.

Angel rolled her eyes. "No, I meant when I have to go back home," she said with a sigh really not wanting to go back to living with her parents. It felt like she was the only child, she felt very lonely especially since Aaron had felt... and her older sisters... well, they call once in a blue moon. So, lately she's been getting a whole lot of attention from her parents and it was very suffocating.

"Maybe you can come out to LA to visit sometime." Nick suggested, wanting to make his sister feel better about the situation.

Angel nodded her head knowing that her parents would never allow that. "Okay," she said.

Justin just sat there picking at his nails, not really knowing what to do or say. Karen then handed over the plate of food for Justin and he happily took a few of the sandwiches and began to eat.

They all sat around talking for another hour before Nick felt it was time they get out of there. He was beginning to feel uncomfortable, even though he wasn't sure why. "I hate to do this but I think we gotta get going. There is still stuff to pack at my place and we have to be up rather early," he said wiping sweaty hands on his jeans.

Justin set his glass down on the coffee table and stood up along with everyone else in the room.

"Well, then," Karen said, pulling Nick into a hug and kissing his head. "Call us.. and if you can visit us now and then, hmm?"

"Will do," Nick said as he also kissed his grandmother's cheek and then went over to give his grandfather a hug. "Bye gramps."

Bill hugged Nick and patted his back. "You're doing well for yourself son, keep it up."

Karen walked over to Justin and pulled him into a hug, kissing his cheek much like she did with Nick. "Take care of my grandson," she whispered to him with a smile. "He's precious to me." There was a long history between herself and Nick and she loved that boy deeply. Justin nodded his head and promised her he'd take good care of him before shaking hands with Bill, saying goodbye, before moving onto Angel who practically hugged his bones to dust. As much as Angel wanted to ask to have a picture with him and maybe get an autograph she didn't. She didn't want to come off looking like an idiot or one of those crazy teen fans out there besides her brother was dating the guy... which was so much cooler than anything else.

"Okay Ange...you gotta let him go and well I kinda want a hug too." Nick laughed as he watched his boyfriend struggling to breathe.

"Sorry," Angel giggled before going over to Nick and hugging the stuffing out of him. "You get the same treatment bro..." She leaned up on her tip toes and kissed his cheek.

Justin felt like he was boneless by the time Angel let him go. For a petite girl, she sure as hell can hug you with strength.

Nick hugged her back for a good minute until they both finally let go and he and Justin headed to the door. "Talk to all of you soon!" he said before they headed to the street where they had parked the car.

Justin quickly got in behind the wheel and waited for Nick to get settled in. Starting the car, he waited for a few moments till the engine heated before waving at the family that was looking out the window at them. "Okay, tell me how to get back home again," he chuckled as he prepared to head out.

Nick laughed as he went about telling Justin how to get to the freeway and then he knew Justin could get them back from there. "So what did you think of the mini tour of Nickolas Gene Carter's life?"

Justin took in a big breath and shrugged his shoulders. "Interesting," he said. "You have cute little old ladies who love you so much, both of them telling me almost the same exact thing." He chuckled.

Nick laughed, "I guess I relate to little old ladies or something."

Justin smiled. "Maybe," he said and thought about something. "I know I told Anne... that she could pick out a restaurant but I wondering if you happened to know just what her favorite place was?"

Nick thought for a second and then smiled. "She really likes this little Italian restaurant just a few blocks from our apartment building. It's not that flashy of a place but she really enjoys it and only goes there like once a year when he son comes into town."

"That's cool," Justin said. "So, we'll have dinner there then?"

"Okay," Nick said noticing it was only around three in the afternoon. "You wana go back and rest for a little bit?" he asked all of a sudden really wanting to cuddle.

"Yeah," Justin said thinking that sounded pretty good. "Plus, we gotta finish up whatever you haven't packed already," he thought about what Nick had told his grandparents and then thought of something else. "Hey... Nick? What was that promise Angel was talking about?"

"Promise?" Nick asked not really remembering what Angel had said nor that Justin had heard it.

"Yeah... when you guys were talking about you being kicked out of the hospital," Justin reminded him.

NIck thought for a second, "Oh...umm I made a promise with both the twins that I would control my anger better."

"Oh, okay," Justin said and then when it finally sunk in he looked over at Nick before looking back at the road. "Wait... you have anger issues?"

"Kinda..." Nick said with a sigh, "Mostly when it has to do with my dad or people I care about getting hurt. I just...I'm a really sensitive person and things bother me easily."

Depression and now anger issues. Justin started to wonder what other things Nick was keeping from him. "Is that the reason why the hospital kicked you out?"

"You know the reason," Nick said looking over at Justin. "I punched my dad after he said shit about you and us and after he hurt me."

Justin nodded his head. "Yeah," he did know but he thought maybe there was more to it than what Nick had told him so he asked again.

"Can we not talk about that anymore?" Nick asked not wanting to think about his father for another second.

"Yes, sorry," Justin said as he turned onto their street. "Angel seems like a sweet girl." He added.

That brought a small smile to Nick's face. "She is...she really likes you." he giggled.

Justin chuckled. "Yeah, my ribs could attest to that," he said with a smile and then pulled into the parking lot.

"Us Carter's can give good hugs," Nick laughed as he got out of the car once they parked.

"I happen to like yours the best," Justin told him as they went into the building and then climbed the stairs to Nick's floor.

Nick smiled, "I sure hope you're not planning on leaving me for my sixteen year old sister." he teased as they got to his door and unlocked it going inside.

Justin laughed at that. "That's just.. wrong man," he said shaking his head. "She's way too young for me! But, um... how old is the oldest sister.. maybe I could hook up with her?" He joked.

"My oldest sister is actually in her late thirties." Nick giggled.

"Huh... I thought she was two or something years younger than you?" Justin questioned, completely lost.

"Well my half sister...the daughter of my dads from a previous marriage." Nick explained. "She is older."

"Well... she hot?" Justin asked with a laugh.

"Kinda..." Nick paused and glared at Justin when he realized what he asked. "HEY!"

Justin kept a straight face as he looked over at Nick. "Hey, what?" He questioned toeing out of his sneakers.

"You don't want my sisters you want me," Nick said with a cute pout on his face.

Justin walked over to Nick and rested his arms on his waist. Looking deep into his eyes he asked, "Are you sure about that statement?"

"Yes," Nick said looking back at Justin.

"Good," Justin said leaning over to press his lips to Nick's.

Nick's hands went to rest on Justin's hips as he kissed Justin back.

Justin deepened the kiss by slipping his tongue out and licking at Nick's lips before Nick opened his mouth up for him. He spent the new few moments exploring his mouth and greeting Nick's tongue. When they both pulled back for air Justin rested his forehead against Nick's. "We haven’t kissed all day," he said.

"I'm glad you decided to fix that," Nick whispered not wanting the kissing session to end but he was leaving that up to Justin.

Justin 'hmmed' before taking Nick's lips captive as he started the kiss off passionately.

Nick couldn't help the deep moan that escaped his lips as he eagerly kissed Justin right back with the same amount of passion. He still couldn't believe he was kissing Justin in HIS living room.

Justin brought his arms up and wrapped his arms around Nick's neck as the kiss continued. He moved so that their bodies were pressed flushed together.

Nick moved his hands so that they were resting right above Justin's ass as he tried to keep their bodies as close together as possible. He loved this mans mouth.

Justin pulled back from the kiss before resting his head on Nick's shoulder, catching his breath. "Can we go lie down?" he questioned after they had been standing there, in each other's arms, for a good few minutes.

Nick swallowed and nodded his head also trying to catch his breath. "Sure," he whispered not trusting his voice to work any louder than that at the moment. He wasn't sure if Justin meant more to this lying down or just resting.

Justin took Nick's hand in his as they both walked into the bedroom. He let go of Nick's hand long enough to take his hoodie off before getting under the blankets on the bed.

Nick repeated Justin's actions and then climbed under the covers as well. He just smiled at Justin, thinking he wanted to just relax and take a nap...which Nick wouldn't mind, even though his body was still tingling from the earlier kisses.

Justin turned so that he was facing Nick before tugging on his shirt, pulling him closer so they could continue the kiss.

Nick smiled as he scooted closer to Justin then leaned in and pressed his lips to Justin's again. He automatically let his tongue trace Justin's lips asking for entrance.

Justin opened his mouth and moaned as Nick's tongue got in contact with his own. He brought his hand to the back of Nick's head and ran his hands through his soft locks.

Nick moaned as he fell right into the kiss, his tongue trying to devour Justin's mouth as he kissed him passionately. His own hands going to the back of Justin's neck.

Justin grinded his hips against Nick's as the kiss progressed, and was surprised to realize that he himself was hard and his body was trying to find a way to lessen the tension in his groin.

Nick had to pull back to gasp when he felt Justin hard against him, and also to catch his breath. Sure he knew Justin got hard and felt it every once and a while but nothing like himself did. He looked into Justin's eyes with his own heavy lidded ones.

"Something wrong?" Justin asked, concerned as he looked into Nick's lust filled eyes.

Nick shook his head, "No...just trying to catch my breath." he whispered.

Justin just leaned over so that he was nuzzling Nick's neck. He took in the scent of his boyfriend, trying to get as much of everything to memory as he could knowing that after a few more days, he would be denied the privilege to do this.

Nick relished in the feeling of Justin loving him. He didn't want to think about the fact that in a few days they wouldn't be able to do this for who knows how long. He tried not to get sad though, this wasn't a time to start feeling down, he had Justin with him. 'Hard and with you', he thought to himself and couldn't help a small smirk that came to his lips. Taking matters into his own hands to bring back the kiss that he had broke he lifted Justin's head from his neck and pressed his lips hungrily to his again.

Justin moaned into the kiss, shifting positions so that he was lying on top of Nick, his knees on either side of Nick's hips. He was definitely going to miss kissing Nick and cuddling with him.

Nick moved his hands from behind Justin's head to rest down on his ass as he pulled him down on him wanting to feel his full weight on him as they kissed.

"Nick..." Justin breathed out a few minutes later when the need for air became too much. He buried his face in the crook of Nick's neck as his hips grinded with Nick's. He was really hard and just wanted to get off.

"What?" Nick asked as he moved his hands to Justin's back and started to rub it. He wasn't sure what Justin wanted.

Licking his lips Justin said, "You make me so hard... I, I need to get off..."

Nick smiled at Justin thinking he looked so damn cute right now, not to mention sexy as hell. "I can feel that," he whispered in a sexy voice. "How do you want me to help you?" he asked wanting to leave this up to Justin since he knew the other man was still just getting used to everything.

"Co..could... I don't know," Justin said not really knowing how to just come right out and ask Nick to suck him off. He licked his lips again and looked into Nick's eyes. "Just do something..."

"Of course," Nick whispered hoping he knew what 'something was'. He was trying to think of something that Justin wouldn't flat out ask him to do. He then got a pretty good idea of what it was. Smiling he gently pushed Justin so he was lying on his back and moved so he was straddling him. "I think you're way too dressed for me to do anything."

"I think you're right," Justin replied as he sat up as best he could with Nick straddling him before he took off his shirts. Lying back down he began to work on the button to his jeans only to stop when Nick took over.

Nick looked into Justin's eyes as he got his jeans undone but didn't go about pulling them off. Instead he leaned down and went about sucking and kissing all along his collar bone. He knew Justin needed to get off but he didn't want to just go right to sucking him off, they had more time than that.

Justin closed his eyes, bringing his hand up to the back of Nick's head, holding him in place as he kissed and sucked on his collar bone. It felt really good. His other hand slipped under Nick's shirt, making contact with warm skin.

After paying close attention to his collar bone, Nick moved his way own Justin's chest, making sure to pay attention to every spot before he got to his left nipple. Once he was there he took the hardening bud into his mouth and sucked on it, bit it and licked all over it.

Justin arched his back towards Nick's skilled mouth, his body writhing under Nick's as sensation after sensation ran through his body. "Oh gawd," he moaned out.

Nick smiled against Justin's skin as he moved his mouth over to give the right nipple the same treatment as the left.

Justin writhed underneath Nick some more before his hips rocked up, trying to get the tension to ease a bit. Nick was driving him crazy and although he wanted it to continue longer his cock had different ideas.

Nick could feel Justin's pain rubbing against his thigh and it was increasing his own desire, but he pushed that away. Taking pity on Justin now he moved so he was kissing down his stomach and after playing with his belly button for a moment he sat up and finished undoing Justin's jeans. "Lift for me baby," he said meaning Justin's hips so he could get his jeans and thermals off.

Nick smiled against Justin's skin as he moved his mouth over to give the right nipple the same treatment as the left.

Justin lifted his hips and helped Nick pull off the rest of his clothes. He shivered a bit as the cool air hit his heated skin.

"Don't worry baby, I'll heat you up." Nick whispered with a slight smirk on his face as he started placing kisses and licks to Justin's hip bone and thighs, totally avoiding the space Justin wanted him to go the most.

Justin whimpered as he brought his hands up to Nick's head and fisted them in his hair. Every spot that Nick licked and kissed tingled and Justin wanted to feel it on another part of his anatomy. He pushed Nick's head a little closer to where he wanted Nick's attention.

Nick smirked again ever so lightly he let his tongue lick the very tip of the said part of Justin's anatomy.

Justin gasped as he looked down at Nick. He let one of his hands go of Nick's hair before using it to prop himself up so he could get a better look at Nick. With his other hand still fisted in Nick's hair Justin watched as Nick's tongue slide in the slit, his whole body trembling with anticipation.

Nick could feel Justin watching him and pulled his head back enough to look at him too. With a small smile he lowered his mouth more onto Justin's cock and started to suck on it, letting his tongue lick at the vein on the underside every few seconds.

Justin sucked in a deep breath, his breathing getting more ragged as Nick continued to suck him off. A few minutes later he tugged on Nick's hair, wanting to kiss him. "C'mere.."

Nick pulled his mouth off of Justin's cock with a moan, he loved giving head almost as much as he liked getting it. But he stopped and climbed back up Justin's body so he was looking down into his eyes. "Yeah?" he asked in a husky sex covered voice.

Justin cupped Nick's face in his hand as he laid back down, Nick on top of him. He brought their lips together for a kiss his hands traveling down Nick's shirt covered back and something didn't settle right with him. Grabbing the hem of Nick's shirt Justin pulled it upwards before breaking the kiss with Nick. "Off," he said wanting Nick to be as naked as he was.

Smiling, Nick sat up so he was straddling Justin's lap and then pulled his long sleeved t-shirt up over his head and tossed it onto the ground along with all the rest of Justin's clothing and his sweatshirt.

"This one too," Justin said tugging on the button to Nick's jeans, groaning when the fabric rubbed against his cock.

"Okay," Nick whispered as he moved off of Justin and lied down on his own back so he could pull his jeans and boxers off and tossed them onto the floor. Once that was done he moved so he was straddling Justin again. "B...Better?" he stammered because having Justin hard underneath him was driving him insane.

"Yup," Justin said with a smirk before tugging Nick back down so that they could kiss again, this time they were pressed skin to skin with no barriers between them.

Nick couldn't help the small whimper that escaped his throat when the kiss started. Sure, they had done this before but each time it felt different and new. Not sure what to do with his hands, Nick decided he would put them in Justin's hair because he knew how much he loved that.

Justin blindly grabbed for the blankets and pulled them over Nick's body, encompassing them in an almost cocoon like warmth before rolling them over so that he was on top of Nick. He slowly ground his hips against Nick's, sure he wanted Nick to suck him off but he changed his mind wanting... needing to for them to get off together, like this... in this position.

"L...Love you," Nick managed to get out between kisses and trying to catch his breath. He just needed Justin to know that because he really did. He loved Justin in every way possible even if they had their problems together and their problems as individuals.

"Love you too, Nick," Justin said moving his kisses down Nick's jaw and then neck as he continued to rub their erections together. A few minutes later he reached one hand down and took a hold of both the cocks and tried to jerk them off simultaneously.

"Oh god," Nick moaned when he felt their cocks rubbing together and Justin jerking them. His breathing was becoming more ragged, a sure sign he was getting close but he wasn't going to allow himself to cum yet, no way was he going to let this moment end. All the while his hands were all over Justin's back, trying to leave not one area untouched.

Justin looked at Nick's face and smiled at the pleasure he saw etched there. He moved so that he was straddling Nick's thighs, both his hands on their cocks working the shafts and the head, flicking his thumbs over the slit collecting the pre-cum and using it as lubricant. Never in his wildest dreams had he ever thought having his cock and another man's cock in his hands would be such a turn on but with Nick.. it was a whole another story. "This is so hot..."

Nick swallowed hard and nodded his head. "Yeah...it is," he whispered as he licked his lips, propping himself up on his elbows a little so he could watch what Justin was doing, what was making him feel so good.

Justin continued to jerk them off, his eyes flickering back and forth from what his hands were doing to see the look on Nick's face whenever he moaned or titled his head back. At one point when Nick titled his head back leaving his neck exposed Justin couldn't resist the urge to lean over and mouth his adam's apple, licking and kissing the skin there.

Nick cried out a little, his adam's apple bobbing where Justin was licking and kissing. His hips thrust up on their own, his cock moving in Justin's hand and against the other man's cock a little more. Part of him couldn't believe he was lasting this long but he was also thanking his lucky stars that he was.

Justin licked his lips as he worked on their cocks, he could feel the tingling sensation increase within him and knew it wouldn't be long till he would be coming. "Nicky..." he moaned out. "Baby, I...I'm clo...close." He panted.

"M...me too." Nick responded in an equally strained voice. He licked his lips once again before his mouth went open slightly as he tried to get air into his lungs. "C...Cum with...me," he managed to get out before the tingling in the pit of his stomach got worse, his balls tensed and he couldn't do anything about it anymore, he was coming with a low groan deep in his throat and a cry of Justin's name.

"Damn," Justin said as he watched and felt Nick's climax but the feeling of the some warm cum spurting out on to his hand set him off, his own orgasm rushing through him. His hands did not stop its movement until they were both finished and Justin was lying on top of Nick placing small kisses to his chest.

Nick wrapped his arms around Justin and held him protectively, never wanting to let him go. He placed a kiss to the top of Justin's head and took a second to try and catch his breath from the intense orgasm he had endured.

Justin buried his face into the crook of Nick's neck going completely boneless in his arms. This moment, lying on top of Nick, having Nick's arms around him... he didn't want to get out of nor did he want it to end. He let out a content sigh, his breathing beginning to even out.

Nick held Justin close in a 'mine' type embrace and that was how he felt. Justin was his and nobody else’s, he didn't want Justin to ever want anybody besides him, nor did HE want to ever have anybody else. It almost seemed absurd to him that Justin would think he would want somebody like JC other than him, but then again jealousy for what you thought of as 'yours' was a normal human reaction.

Justin didn't realized he had fallen into a light slumber until he felt Nick shake him a little whispering to him that if they wanted to make it to dinner they had better start getting ready. Justin pouted not wanting to get up but at the same time he also wanted dinner to come because today was a special day and he wanted to give Nick his surprise. Although now that he thinks about it he isn't sure if he should give it in front of Anne but the more he thought about it the more he felt it didn't matter. Anne was obviously a big part of Nick's life and though he'd only met her for a few minutes that day Justin could tell she was something special. Taking in a deep breath he pushed himself off of Nick and made a face at the sticky mess on both their chests.

Nick laughed at the cute face that Justin made. "We kinda made a mess of ourselves didn't we?" he said with a smirk, not caring in the least how messy things had gotten because damn had it been good.

Justin nodded his head with a chuckle. "Yeah, we did," he said as he stood up and held his hand out for Nick to take before walking to the bathroom to get their shower.

Nick smiled brightly as he took Justin's hand and let him lead him into the small bathroom. "I can't wait to get home and to the bathroom that is like twice this size...without cockroaches." he laughed as he reached over to turn on the water.

Justin laughed. "Yeah, no cockroaches," he agreed waiting for Nick to get the water to the right temperature before getting into the tub after him.

Nick let out a content sigh as the warm water rolled down his sticky chest and stomach and disappeared into the blonde hair right above his dick.

Justin watched as the water cascaded over Nick for a few moments before grabbing the bar of soap and running it over Nick's body making sure every single part of him was coated before nudging him under the spray of water.

"Thanks love," Nick said with a smile once he felt all clean because of Justin's ministrations. He then took the soap from Justin's hand and went about making sure his boyfriend was just as clean as he was. He couldn't help himself when he paid a little more attention to his ass then he should.

Justin shivered as Nick's hands ran over his ass. He sucked his lower lip between his teeth as he let Nick finish up cleaning him and then let out a content sigh as the warm water washed him down. When everything was done he turned the shower off and climbed out of the tub, grabbing them towels to dry off with before heading into the bedroom to change into their dinner clothes.

"It's a good thing we did decided to bring something nice to wear." Nick said as he bent over his bag to get his clothes out.

Justin looked over at Nick. "You mean after I told you to bring something nice to wear," he pointed out. "You're the one that didn't think we should saying we're only here to pack and stuff." He stuck his tongue out playfully before yelping with laughter when Nick swatted him on the ass with a rolled up shirt.

"Stop being so cocky...it's not cute." Nick said in a playfully yet very flamboyant way.

"Whatever," Justin said as he went about pulling up his boxers, dress pants... then put on his wife beater, plain long black sleeved shirt that hugged his chest just right. A few minutes later he was completely dressed with his shoes on and jacket. He made sure he had Nick's present in his pocket.

Nick laughed as he too pulled on his boxers, his black dress pants and dark green long sleeved dress shirt. He then found his shoes, put them on, and then grabbed his leather jacket. "Ready?"

"Uh huh," Justin said looking Nick over with a smirk. "You look great."

"Thanks, so do you." Nick said with a smile before he headed into the bathroom real fast and spiked his hair up a little. He then ran back into the bedroom ruffled through his bag and pulled out his glasses.

Justin felt himself twitch in his boxers as Nick put on his glasses. "Are you purposely trying to cause us to be late for dinner?" He questioned before grabbing a hat and pulling it over his head.

Nick looked at Justin totally confused and not realizing what he was doing. He was just thinking that he had trouble seeing the menu without his glasses on and he didn't feel like taking the time to put his contacts in. "I'm sorry I'm done now." he said thinking Justin meant he was taking too much time to spike his hair and then find the glasses.

Justin shook his head and gave Nick a smile. "No.. I meant... I mean, I thought you looked great before but with the glasses... and the hair..." He licked his lips, his gaze heated as he stared into Nick's eyes.

Nick could actually see Justin's eyes dilated and glaze over. "Ohhh..." he said blushing a little. "You want me to take ‘em off?" he asked not wanting Justin to feel uncomfortable.

Justin rolled his eyes as he grabbed Nick's hand and tugged him out of the apartment. "Nope," he said as he waited for Nick to lock the door before they made their way downstairs to Anne's apartment.

End of Chapter Eighty Seven